New Zealand’s latest earthquake-resilient building design has been put to the test on one of the world’s largest shake tables, and two of our seismic champs, Des Bull and Didier Pettinga, had the pleasure of being involved. Des and Didier provided feedback to researchers from the University of Auckland and Canterbury on the structures design, […]

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Tom Halpin as a Civils Team Leader at Holmes Consulting. Tom, who has more than 30 years’ experience in Civil Engineering, will be working closely with our Civils Principal, Andrea Jarvis, to guide and direct their growing team across New Zealand. “We’re excited to have another highly-experienced Civils […]

We have recently appointed four newly created Principal positions, reflecting the strong growth of our business over the last decade. The new Principals are all internal appointments, in line with our strategy to grow talent from within. Blair Davidson is the new Principal, Civil Structures, leading Holmes Consulting’s team delivering bridging, ports, tanks and other […]

The world’s finest examples of innovative structural engineering solutions were celebrated in London at the Institution of Structural Engineers – Structural Awards 2018. We’re beyond chuffed to be bringing home the Pedestrian Bridges award for our Perry Bridge project. This award is for excellence in the design of pedestrian and/or cycle bridges, or other lightweight […]

The Kaikoura earthquake road and rail rebuild project has taken out the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) People’s Choice Award. We’re proud to have played a role in another great New Zealand engineering feat. You can read more about the global award here.